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Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor and radio personality, known for voicing Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy in the Japanese language releases of their respective films. In 2006, he divorced voice actress Mika Kanai. His most notable characters are Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop (1998) and the subsequent follow up film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Beerus from the longstanding Dragonball franchise, and the modern day voice of Inspector Zenigata of the longstanding Lupin the Third franchise after the retirement of the previous voice actor Gorō Naya and first appearing in the role in Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)

Filmography

1995
Ghost in the Shell

as Togusa (voice)

Movie
1997
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

as Ryoji Kaji (voice)

Movie
2004
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

as Togusa (voice)

Movie
1998
Pokémon: The First Movie

as Mew (voice)

Movie
2022
DEEMO Memorial Keys

as Valensky (voice)

Movie
2012
Sword Art Online

as Akihiko Kayaba (voice)

TV Show
2004
Bleach

as Quilge Opie (voice)

TV Show
2024
Ranma1/2

as Ryoga Hibiki (voice)

TV Show
2015
Dragon Ball Super

as Beerus (voice)

TV Show